Excellent advice from Bruno. A bit like real estate and location, location, location. You can make a 29 or 30 footer really great with upgrades and spending money. But, you can never turn it into a 36 footer no matter how much you spend. And, you can't move a house to a better location either.
Jeff Laman 81 C&C34, "Harmony" (former ComPac 19II, former Paceship PY26......) Ludington, MI ________________________________ From: Bruno Lachance <bruno_lacha...@hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2019 1:07 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Offshore boat - lost in translation/ now buy the freaking boat! Shawn, Yes the CS36 T is a very good boat, built like a tank and a very descent performer in its deep draft version. The 27 is a good 27 but not as fast as a C&C and the CS30 is a nice option compared to a C&C 29 mkII, but not in the league of the CS36 in my opinion. But the 36 T hold their value quite well and I would be surprise that you find a good one in your budget. I have been following your journey here with interest. You remind me of myself when I was looking to find my first boat in 2008. You want to make a good choice, you don't want to make a mistake, I'm sure you spend long hours reading stuff all night, you seem highly interested in everything sailing but also seem really anxious about the process. It's normal. At this point I would go back to Mike Hoyt post few days ago. Your budget is low and you won't find a perfect 35 ft at that price. So you must establish your priorities my friend. Some people here told you to get a smaller cheaper boat that is sail away ready. That's a very valid option to consider. But you seem to know that you want a "bigger" boat. So if you think the 35-2 is right for you, stop overthinking it and buy the freaking boat! It won't be perfect, no boat is perfect! Even if you find one that looks good and is more expensive, trust me you will find things that need to be fixed or upgraded. These are old boats. At least, if you know you want a 35-36 footer, the time and money you will put in your new toy will not be lost. As is if you get a 27-29 ft boat, you will still have to put $ in her and in 2 years, when you decide to upgrade, you will never get that $ back. Instead you will have an old 27-29 ft boat for sale and back to square one looking for the right 35-2. My advice, if the 35-2 you are looking has good bones, the rig looks good, the sails are ok, buy it! You seem to have spent enough time evaluating that boat and doing your homework so you should know. Then do like the rest of us and plan for a yearly maintenance and upgrade budget of a few boat bucks. It's how it works, there is no special trick to it and no unicorn ! So between paying 19 000 or 21 500$, it does not really matters if you like the boat. Welcome to boat ownership! Hope that helps. Sometimes we just need a little push to go forward. Good luck Bruno Lachance C&C 29 mkII from 2008 to 2011 that I sold to get our 33-2. Never looked back! Bécassine New Richmond, Qc Envoyé de mon iPad > Le 27 avr. 2019 à 22:30, Shawn Wright via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> a > écrit : > > Interesting you mention the CS36... the T version designed by Ray Wall is > very high on my list of boats that seem to tick all the right boxes, and one > that I might stretch our budget for. There is a cluster of CS boats are a > local marina - three 36Ts and two 30s, but none for sale. I've only been > aboard the CS27, which is not bad for a 27, but I'd like a but more space for > extended cruising. The 30 is in our price range, but reportedly not as solid > as the 36, and not nearly as nice to look at, imho. > > >
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